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texture perception: tactile  

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  • Tactile texture perception means the appreciation, by touch, of the characteristics of a surface. In a narrow sense, texture refers to the geometry of small irregularities on the surface, such as bumps and ridges (called texture elements), but in a broader sense it refers to all the mechanical properties of a surface. [Source: Encyclopedia of Perception; Texture Perception: Tactile]

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